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High Time Resolution Astrophysics Network

High Time Resolution Astrophysics Network. Andy Shearer Centre for Astronomy School of Physics, NUI, Galway Ireland. special thanks to. Don Phelan, NUI, Galway taking over network administration coordinating the two workshops editing the two volumes of proceedings annual meetings.

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High Time Resolution Astrophysics Network

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  1. High Time Resolution Astrophysics Network Andy Shearer Centre for Astronomy School of Physics, NUI, Galway Ireland Opticon Porto

  2. special thanks to • Don Phelan, NUI, Galway • taking over network administration • coordinating • the two workshops • editing the two volumes of proceedings • annual meetings Opticon Porto

  3. Background - rationale for the network • Are there special HTRA requirements? • detectors • high quantum efficiency • photon counting • low (zero?) read-out noise • APDs, EMCCD, PNCCDs, Transition Edge Sensors, superconducting tunnel diodes • wide wavelength range UV-IR • instruments • spectroscopy : Ultraspec • photometry : Ultracam, Optima, S-CAM • polarimetry : Optima, GASP • very short time scales (t < 10-7 s): Quanteye, GASP Opticon Porto

  4. Key Deliverables & Objectives in FP6 • Key Objective • “…will bring together the expertise of different teams which have so far developed HTRA independently..” • Key Deliverables • Report on the state-of-the-art in HTRA • International Conference Opticon Porto

  5. Activity • Workshop held in June, 2006 at NUI, Galway, Ireland • 20 invited experts • Over 45 attendees • 13 Countries represented • Topics • Science, • Instrumentation, • Detectors, • Software, • Future Plans Opticon Porto

  6. Report on the state-of-the-art in HTRA • High Time Resolution Astrophysics • Springer-Verlag : Astrophysics & Space Science Library (ASSL) • ISBN 978-1-4020-6517-0 & 978-1-4020-6518-7 • Published August 2007 • More info on the HTRA website at http://astro.nuigalway.ie/htra Opticon Porto

  7. International Conference held in Edinburgh in September 2007 “High Time Resolution Astrophysics: The Universe at sub-second timescales” • Royal Observatory Edinburgh over 3 days • International Scientific Organising Committee • Participants from 12 countries • 39 papers presented • Industrial sponsorship and endorsement of HTRA Opticon Porto

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  9. Network Deliverables • Proceedings • Published 2008 • ISBN 978-0-7354-0503-5 • Network Communication • Regular updates and discussions through mailing lists • annual network meetings • joint observing programmes and instrument development Opticon Porto

  10. Summary • All Key Objectives and Deliverables completed in 2008 • Real integration and restructuring of the HTRA community • International profile resulting from conferences and book publications Opticon Porto

  11. Summary 2 - Science • Main science targets • Binary systems • CVs • X-ray binary system • Neutron stars • Gamma ray Bursts • AGN • Transits • Transients • Flaring • 2nd order correlations Opticon Porto

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  13. adapted from Ryan & Redfern, HTRA, ASSL, 351, 229 see also Dhillon, same volume Opticon Porto

  14. Future plans under FP7 • Continuation of the network building upon our work under FP6 • .... with the aim of formulating a comprehensive scientific overview of HTRA into the extremely large telescopes [ELT] era...... • primarily looking at HTRA science and instrument requirements Opticon Porto

  15. ELT stochastic limits adapted from Ryan & Redfern, HTRA, ASSL, 351, 229 Opticon Porto

  16. Pulsars - limit for HTRA - faint and fast Opticon Porto

  17. * CTA 1 pulsar - Fermi Abdo et al, 2008, science.1165572 Opticon Porto

  18. New radio quiet pulsars from Fermi results will need ELT follow-up Opticon Porto

  19. Future plans under FP7 • Continuation of the network building upon our work under FP6 • .... with the aim of formulating a comprehensive scientific overview of HTRA into the extremely large telescopes [ELT] era...... • first network meeting mid-February 2009, Padova • also looking other funding • EU - Marie Curie and COST • ERC funding • industrial Opticon Porto

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